Both composers on this disc are children of the Russian revolution, the revolution in music, that is, that took place at the turn of the century in what was imperial Russia. Moscow, the ancient capital of the Tsars, and St. Petersburg, then barely 200 years in existence but very much the westward looking, modern city, both sported prestigious musical institutions. Critics nowadays argue about the conservatory in Moscow following the heritage of Tchaikovsky, of Brahms and the Classical tradition, versus the St. Petersburg Conservatory following in the steps of the Russian nationalists. Glinka, and his followers known as "The Mighty Five" (Balakirev, Borodin, Cui, Musorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov). Regardless of generalizations, both institutions must have been shaken to their cores with the influx of foreign musical developments. Wagner had long been played, but now came Mahler and Strauss, Debussy and Ravel, and Schoenberg. The professors must have wondered just what to teach the younger composers.
1. Prokofiev, Symphony 2 in D minor Op.40 Allegro ben articolato (12:08)
2. Prokofiev, Symphony 2 in D minor Op.40 Theme and Variations (22:49)
3.Skriabin, The Poem of Ecstersy Op.54 (15:41)
4. Skriabin, Wishes Op.24 (4:59)
Skriabin ~ Wishes
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